Ranger Lothbrok Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 It's really pathetic. I was pretty against the Kane trade. Not as much as I railed against the MSL trade, but this one definitely fit under the banner of "doing it just because we can." Two years ago we became obsessed with getting tougher. Now for some reason we're back to deciding that throwing enough skill and money at the problem fixes everything. I always had the fear of the Kane thing leading up to an epic "LOL Rags" first round exit, which is precisely where this is headed. Just another exceptional embarrassment in a century of them. But beyond that general sense of impending doom that permeates being a fan of this team, I truly believe Kane sunk the season for us. We slumped when we could've been contending for the Metro title with roster hijinks to accommodate adding him. Now we're forcing him into situations he has no business being in. He turned a dynamic, puck moving powerplay into something static, predictable and overly cute. He's barely an AHL player. He's slow, passionless, and terrible on defense. And yet we keep trotting him out there. Couple that with Gallant getting flatly out-coached ever since Game 2 and it's a recipe for disaster. Mike Keenan had the balls to bench Brian Leetch. Gerard Gallant just keeps saying "I like our game." 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted April 28, 2023 Author Share Posted April 28, 2023 Interesting take from Friedge on Gallant's post-game: Tend to agree. Team is mentally broken. Kicking and screaming won't help. Save that for Saturday when they lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 57 minutes ago, Ranger Lothbrok said: It's really pathetic. I was pretty against the Kane trade. Not as much as I railed against the MSL trade, but this one definitely fit under the banner of "doing it just because we can." Two years ago we became obsessed with getting tougher. Now for some reason we're back to deciding that throwing enough skill and money at the problem fixes everything. I always had the fear of the Kane thing leading up to an epic "LOL Rags" first round exit, which is precisely where this is headed. Just another exceptional embarrassment in a century of them. But beyond that general sense of impending doom that permeates being a fan of this team, I truly believe Kane sunk the season for us. We slumped when we could've been contending for the Metro title with roster hijinks to accommodate adding him. Now we're forcing him into situations he has no business being in. He turned a dynamic, puck moving powerplay into something static, predictable and overly cute. He's barely an AHL player. He's slow, passionless, and terrible on defense. And yet we keep trotting him out there. Couple that with Gallant getting flatly out-coached ever since Game 2 and it's a recipe for disaster. Mike Keenan had the balls to bench Brian Leetch. Gerard Gallant just keeps saying "I like our game." Bench Kane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 If the Rangers didn't go in a PP drought after the first 2 games, this series would have been over in 4 games. Kane having a couple of PP assists in Game 2 was fool's gold and was the worst thing that could have happened. I knew I was right about him not being a fit there, and backed off after that performance. He's 98% useless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash or Czech Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Lothbrok Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 24 minutes ago, jsm7302 said: Bench Kane. Agree 100%, but he's our darling new player that we brought in to win us a Cup. Surprised he's not on both PP units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, Ranger Lothbrok said: Agree 100%, but he's our darling new player that we brought in to win us a Cup. Surprised he's not on both PP units. Play Vesey, and Goodrow in the top 9. Those guys will be working their asses off in a larger role. Put Kane, Laf and Motte on the fourth if Kane is going to stay in. The incompetence is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 18 minutes ago, Cash or Czech said: Square peg meet round hole .......Move the energy from line 4 through out the line up. C'mon man. Throwing this opportunity to keep it alive away. This sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br4d Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Remember what GG did in the elimination game last year, benching Kakko. He's definitely sent some messages with his elimination games if he put Panarin on the 3rd line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 The even strength lines don't even matter. It's the PP. This team is built to aim for a wash at even strength, with the PP being the difference maker. The PP is stagnant and needs the focus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravesy Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Quote Laf- Trocheck-Kane Not going to lie, that looks like aids on ice. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Cash or Czech said: Promoting Laf who has done nothing. Keeping Kane on line 2. Some real message sending. Outshot 20-2 in a game they we were down 3-0.......Enjoy those minor tweaks for a long time GG because you'll be watching next season from your couch. All they had to do was stay away from Kane and bring in another Trochek like guy. Drury couldn't help himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrooksBurner Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 (edited) 19 minutes ago, jsm7302 said: Promoting Laf who has done nothing. Keeping Kane on line 2. Some real message sending. Outshot 20-2 in a game they we were down 3-0.......Enjoy those minor tweaks for a long time GG because you'll be watching next season from your couch. All they had to do was stay away from Kane and bring in another Trochek like guy. Drury couldn't help himself. Panarin - Chytil - Kakko is a significantly better line than the listed "line 2". I don't think putting an order on the lines matters very much though. The top 9 all get about the same amount of ES time. The ice time differences are overwhelmingly special teams. If there is some kind of subliminal message Gallant is trying to send exclusively to Panarin, he'd be demoted from PP1 -> PP2. Edited April 28, 2023 by BrooksBurner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersIn7 Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 We are gonna find out what they’re made of- including the coach, tomorrow night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cash or Czech Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Cash or Czech said: That Laf trochek kane line will cause havoc. And by havoc I mean it will bring the off season quicker than expected 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJWantsTheCup Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 5 minutes ago, siddious said: That Laf trochek kane line will cause havoc. And by havoc I mean it will bring the off season quicker than expected I'm fully expecting a -3 from them Saturday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Br4d Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 The only problem with GG's approach here is that it may just make the passing on the perimeter more frenetic. It may make the long-lead pass attempts a bit more precise. The problem with the Ranger's even strength offense the last *two* seasons is that the players endlessly pass looking for a perfect shot, often giving up good shots to make another perfect pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 18 minutes ago, RJWantsTheCup said: I'm fully expecting a -3 from them Saturday night. Just because I said that they’re gonna score 5 actually 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsm7302 Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 42 minutes ago, Cash or Czech said: This is a man that is out of ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 We're fucked. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe Froman Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Gallant sounds like a guy who knows he's going to get canned soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siddious Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Cash or Czech said: 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 ...reminds me of the guy in Animal House, with everyone around him running screaming and panicking...with him yelling "REMAIN CALM!!!!" LOL 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdog99 Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 42 minutes ago, jsm7302 said: This is a man that is out of ideas. Yea...he's basically saying: 'what you've seen is all i got' so if it ends here the guy should basically volunteer himself a taxi... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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